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PHOENIX (AP) -- A former Arizona State University football player convicted of trying to sexually assault a 21-year-old woman and a related burglary was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison.

Andres Rafael Garcia, 23, received the prison sentence for the burglary conviction and was sentenced to lifetime probation for his attempted sexual assault convictions. He was given credit for the nine months he has already spent behind bars.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders said she couldn't send Garcia to prison on the sex convictions because lawyers on both sides had agreed to probation on those charges as a condition of his plea agreement. Garcia had faced 1 to 3 years in prison for the burglary conviction. His lawyer sought a one-year sentence.

The victim told the judge she suffers physically and emotionally from the attack and has experienced troubling flashbacks.

"There's absolutely no excuse to justify what you have done to me," she said to Garcia before he was sentenced.

The Associated Press generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.